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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 1133 PM CST Wed Dec 3 2025

- Bands of snow showers are expected to continue through the overnight period with all activity looking to taper off by Thursday afternoon.

- A Winter Weather Advisory remains in place over the Panhandles till noon as localized heavy snowfall can be present from these snow bands, which can lead to accumulation 1 to 4 inches over small areas.

- Drier weather is expected to return for the weekend with temperatures looking to warm back into the 50s and 60s by the middle of next week.

SHORT TERM

(Tonight through Friday night) Issued at 1133 PM CST Wed Dec 3 2025

As of late tonight, latest radar has indicated that the upper- level trough is making its way into the Panhandles with multiple bands of shower currently moving across the area. The heaviest of these band is currently shifting southeast out of Dalhart, TX where local reports have already seen 1 to 2 inches of snowfall for tonight. Meanwhile to the south, multiple smaller bands have brought flurries to even a brief period of graupel. Present CAMs expect this activity to continue to push southeast with a new band looking to once again set up somewhere in or around the I-40 corridor during the overnight hours. Depending on where this band ends up an extra 2 to 4 inches of snow could be add to isolated places across the Southern and Eastern Panhandles overnight. Given the now possible placement of this higher snowfall rate and the still ongoing snow in our north, we have decided to expand the Winter Weather Advisory to all counties through noon Thursday. By this time most models are in agreement that all snowfall will have pushed eastward out of the Panhandles with the exiting trough. Regardless this delayed exit will keep temperatures on the colder side for Thursday, with afternoon highs only reaching into the 30s to low 40s at best. By Friday, model agreement sees the Panhandles much drier as upper-level flow shifts more northwesterly. Temperatures for the day will also be much warmer with afternoon highs closer to the upper 40s to low 50s.

LONG TERM

(Saturday through next Wednesday) Issued at 1133 PM CST Wed Dec 3 2025

Model agreement looks to see closed upper-level low settle over Hudson Bay in Canada, which in turn will set up northwesterly upper-level flow for the Panhandles as we move into the weekend. This flow alongside weak ridging does look to put an end to the Panhandles chances of active weather, with most ensembles keeping precipitation chances less than 10% through the middle of next week. These drier conditions will also prompt a bit of a warm up for the Panhandles with afternoon highs this weekend quickly returning to the mid to upper 50s. Meanwhile, next week could see high temperatures back into the 60s should this dry trend continue.

AVIATION

(06Z TAFS) Issued at 1133 PM CST Wed Dec 3 2025

As of late tonight, latest radar was seeing present snow showers progress southeast across Panhandles with still present impacts being seen at all terminals. For KDHT and KGUY, impacts from snow are likely to cease by around 3 to 4 am with present CAMS not expecting much back building over the area. However, clouds ceilings will likely stay IFR to LIFR through the overnight hours. As for KAMA, potential is still present to see snow clear through the overnight with both visibility and ceilings staying IFR to LIFR through the late morning hours of Thursday. Regardless conditions do look to dry out and clear up by the Thursday afternoon, with models seeing the system exit by then.

AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

TX...Winter Weather Advisory until noon CST Thursday for TXZ001>020- 317.

OK...Winter Weather Advisory until noon CST Thursday for OKZ001>003.